As one of the fastest-growing commercial open-source projects in recent memory (github.com/HeyPuter/puter), Puter is building the personal cloud computer. If you are an incredibly ambitious engineer and interested in working on something truly unique, this might be the position for you! We're a funded startup experiencing explosive growth, looking for a backend engineer to help scale our infrastructure as we redefine personal computing in the cloud.
What You'll Do: Build and optimize backend systems that will power millions of personal cloud computers Scale and improve our backend APIs for auth, storage, AI, database, serverless compute, and more
Improve stability and resiliency to achieve 99.99% availability and beyond
Shave off milliseconds in response times
Design impeccable APIs and SDKs to provide the most developer-friendly experience in the world Requirements:
7+ years of backend development experience
Experience building and contributing to open-source projects
Deep understanding of distributed systems and database architectures
Robust expertise in Node.js
Strong production experience with AWS, Cloudflare, and Terraform Nice-to-haves:
Experience with cost management on AWS (provisioning, spot instances, prepayment plans, ...)
Knowledge of observability and telemetry tools and platforms and logging best practices (OTel, Grafana, CloudWatch, Logz, etc) Compensation:
$140,000 - $200,000 + equity + benefits
Pay is influenced by various considerations and can fluctuate according to position-specific qualifications, competencies, and work history
📌 Senior Software Engineer (Backend) (Canada)
🏢 Puter
📍 Canada